you have to game in the game republicans. republican d.a. starting every investigation right now. tonight, new reporting on a magazine very public payback campaign. is a terrible, terrible path that they are leaving us to. and it is very possible that it is going to have to happen to them. donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia, if you re listening. the president of russia will do that for me. and i don t believe he will do it for anyone else. judge aileen cannon wild move to help disrupt the documents trial. another installment of our special series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding a bible without explanation. all in start right now. good evening, from new york. i m chris hayes. tonight tops store, including speaker of the house of representatives, dozens of senators and congressmen have been revealed to be working hand in glove with convicted criminals in
better deal. again, it worked. reagan won. and in a final twist , the hostages were released just minutes after the new president, ronald reagan, was sworn in. all of this to say, for history, it is perfectly plausible that donald trump does have some kind of back channel to russia. but at the end of the day, whether trump is just making things up and trying to influence russia from afar, that is to keep christo bish hostage. whether he has a keep a deal. if donald trump really does have any power to get him released, isn t making that happen right now. then it is donald trump holding that american hostage.